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‘False Hope’: Why Families Who Celebrated California’s New Mental Health Court Feel Let Down by It
…In retrospect, the first signs that something was wrong were the risky behaviors — leaping from the second story window onto the trampoline, doing donuts with his truck. By the time he was…
OBITUARY: Daniel Patrick Adams, 1991-2025
…As a child, he played roller hockey and baseball in the local little leagues. In the off-season, he could be found riding around the newly developing streets of Little Pond on…
OBITUARY: Melinda Elaine Petersen, 1958-2025
…She loved spending time with her siblings, Martin, Mark, Melanie & Kari, helping care for the family pets, and spending summers at Ruth Lake with her Auntie and Earl Dillon. Melinda married the…
Humboldt County Supervisors Adopt Long-Awaited Climate Action Plan, Set Greenhouse Gas Emissions Threshold
…Many local residents conflated this with the RCAP. Ford explained that they're related but distinct components of the county's climate strategy, and the latter could be adopted without passing the…
POLL! In General, Do You Like or Dislike it When Local Governmental Bodies Take Stands on International Affairs?
Tonight's Eureka City Council meeting has been canceled — see here — but before it couldn't scrape together a quorum, the council had been prepared to take a stand on the potential…
Tonight’s Eureka City Council Meeting Has Been Canceled
…The City of Eureka announces that the regularly scheduled Eureka City Council meeting set for Tuesday, December 16, 2025, has been canceled due to the lack of a quorum. The next regular…
THAT’S A LOTTA TURKEY! Rotary Club of Eureka Donates Hundreds of Birds During Record-Setting Holiday Turkey Drive
…Rotary Club of Eureka###Press release from the Rotary Club of Eureka:EUREKA, CA — This holiday season, the Rotary Club of Eureka is giving back with its annual turkey drive. The club…
Republicans Ask Federal Court to Overturn California’s New Prop. 50 Maps
A “No on Prop 50” sign at the Kern County Republican Party booth at the Kern County Fair in Bakersfield on Sept. 26, 2025. Republicans are seeking to overturn the congressional maps…
(UPDATE: MEETING CANCELED) EUREKA CITY COUNCIL: Transgender Sanctuary City Declaration, Resolution Condemning Airstrikes on Venezuelan Boats
…The proposed resolution notes that “gender-affirming healthcare has been proven to be evidence-based, medically necessary, and lifesaving” by the American Medical Association, the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry…
TODAY IN SUPES: 'Positive News' For the County Budget
…The board will weigh in on a few options for funding recommendations to address the negative fund balance moving forward. You can read the full report here. ### The board has a timeset…
More Adults Return to College in California as Inflation and Job Fears Rise
Graduating students walk into the DeVore Stadium during a commencement ceremony at Southwestern College in Chula Vista on May 24, 2024. Photo by Adriana Heldiz, CalMatters###This story was originally published by…
OBITUARY: Richard George Kinney, 1938-2025
…Did you ever see the funny faces on the end of logs as they were on the way to the mills? Thank you for the chuckles, Dick! Dick could tell you of…
(UPDATE) Pending Eviction, the Kinetic Sculpture Lab is Struggling to Find a Way Forward
Some of the lab's artifacts. Photos by Dezmond Remington.Update, afternoon of Dec. 16: Comment from Matt Mais, Public Relations Director for the Yurok Tribe, below:The Yurok Tribe acquired the…
POLL! What's Your Favorite Recent Poll at KINS1063.com?
Some people think the Lost Coast Outpost invented pollz. That's not true. We merely perfected them.But in this click-hungry world it always pays to keep an eye on the…
Meet Your Next Humboldt County Planning Commissioner: Former Sheriff’s Investigator Todd Fulton Set to Replace Thomas Mulder as Supervisor Bushnell’s Second District Appointee
Todd Fulton. | Image via Facebook.SoHum is about to get a new representative on the Humboldt County Planning Commission, and he's the kind of man who'd look right at home…
A Campground in Manila is Just One Possibility After Friends of the Dunes Secures $430K Grant Land Trust
A recent aerial view of the 6.5-acre property at 150 Stamps Lane. | Photo by Friends of the Dunes Stewardship Director Justin Legge.###For nearly 20 years, Friends of the Dunes…
Sheriff’s Deputies Allegedly Find Homemade Explosive Device, Drugs, Guns and Ammo After Searching a Jeep ‘Associated With’ a Passenger on Probation
Press release from the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office: On Dec. 13, 2025, at 1: 02 a.m., a Humboldt County Sheriff’s deputy was patrolling the area of Broadway St. and…
Humboldt County Elections Office Sends Blue Lake Voters Slightly Belated Ballot Info on Upcoming Recall Election
Blue Lake City Councilmember Elise Scafani. | Image via City of Blue Lake.Last week, registered voters in the City of Blue Lake received an important piece of mail amid the deluge of…
Eureka Police Vow to be On the Hunt for DUI Drivers This Holiday Season, and There’ll be a Checkpoint Somewhere in Town This Thursday
Press release from the Eureka Police Department: The holiday season can be dangerous for people on the roads. In December 2023 alone, 1,038 people were killed in the U.S. in…
‘A New Era of Earthquake Detection’: Cal Poly Humboldt Participates in Project Using Fiber Optic Lines to Measure Seismic Activity
…Traditional seismometers were installed parallel to the fiber line to study the difference between what the methods detected during an earthquake.The project has also strengthened Cal Poly Humboldt’s earthquake research…
ORCA UPDATE: The Orcas Who Visited Humboldt Bay Over the Weekend Were a 27-Year-Old Female Fish Named ‘Lester’ and Her Kids
…Rooby Roo apparently rolls with the T038 squad these days.You can get to know the various gangs of Bigg's Killer Whales, including the T035As, at this cool link from the…
Prison Health Workers Are Among the Best-Paid Public Employees. Why Are So Many Jobs Vacant?
…Over the past 30 years, California has consistently failed to meet that standard. None of the state departments overseeing the facilities have taken necessary steps to ensure adequate staffing, auditors wrote. The…
OBITUARY: Michael Avelar, 1983-2025
Michael Avelar, of McKinleyville, passed away on November 29, 2025 at the age of 42 after living for many years with Machado Joseph’s Disease. He was born on March 15, 1983…
OBITUARY: Glenn Edward Martella, 1942-2025
…A lifelong resident of Ferndale, Glenn was woven into the heart and history of the town he loved.Sporting a cowboy hat with red poppies and a toothpick tucked in the brim…
(VIDEO) A Pod of Orcas Visited Humboldt Bay This Afternoon
…Here, let him tell the story: Hey Lost Coast Outpost, here’s a video of what seems to be a family group of five Orcas that were far into the Eureka Channel…
THE ECONEWS REPORT: Local Governments to Finally Take Action on Climate Change?
Samoa in the pulp heyday. Photo: Jen Kalt.###The long-awaited Humboldt Regional Climate Action Plan — a multi-jurisdictional strategy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions — is finally up for approval before the…
HUMBOLDT HISTORY: A Desperate Trek to Iaqua During the Worst Snowstorm Anyone Had Ever Seen
…I had been working on the dairy ranch of The Northern Redwood Lumber Company near Blue Lake. There was no question about it, the economic condition of the country was tough in…
OBITUARY: Chris Frolking, 1949-2025
…He finally made the choice to end his life.This decision reflected the determination, strength and clarity that was Chris. With the support of Dr. Michael Fratkin, Hospice of Humboldt, our dear…
OBITUARY: Dillon Nadine Lewis, 1960-2025
…Dillon attended Trinity High School and built a life rooted in the natural beauty of Northern California. After high school, Dillon joined the U.S. Forest Service in 1978 at the age…
OBITUARY: Christyann Emmerson Tanner, 1965-2025
…She always brought you little trinkets or brought the dogs treats. Her spirit was enjoyable. She is missed in the Rio Dell community.Christyann loved the woods and the beach. She is…